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The Ghost Wagon and Other Great Western Adventures brings together four engaging short novels by Max Brand, authored under the name Frederick Faust. These stories showcase Brand’s vivid imagination and his skill in exploring diverse aspects of the human experience within the expansive setting of the American West.
First publish date: 1996
Genre: Western Fiction/Western Adventure
Authors: Frederick Faust
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